The Recovery Zone System (TM)
An integral part of the second edition of The Recovery Book is the Recovery Zone System(TM). We are now putting the finishing touches on it, and want to share it. A brief explanation is below.
(UPDATE February 2015: Here is a pdf copy of the The-Recovery-Zone-System chart, including references to the relevant book chapters.)
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The Recovery Zone System (TM)
Over many years of treating alcoholics and addicts, Dr. Al saw that two issues were messing up recovery for many people:
- One, people in early recovery often had no idea how much time and energy they would have to focus on recovery activities.
- Two, people with many years of recovery sometimes lost their focus on these activities as the years passed.
Both of these situations, he saw, all too often led to a downward spiral that put people at high risk of relapse. So he developed the Recovery … Read more...